St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-27
He Fires a destructive BTOadside
Into the Other Vessel
And THEN SCUTTLES HER.
The Relations of Hon. H. N. Day to the
Territorial Administration.
A REPUBLICAN PLOT.
A Few More Nuts For Ex-G0v. Pierce
to Crack---Why Division is
Not a Necessity.

WATERFOWL, Aug. 25.-I find in the
Grand Forks Herald, of late date, the
following bit of useful International
least that is what L suppose its editor
intended it to be:
1t seems TO be accepted as fact by the
political followers of GOV. Church that Day,
Ziebach, Wilson and other leading Demo-
Gratis who have resided in the territory for
years and kept up the organization, only to
be snubbed by the administration, will work
to elect anti-Cleveland delegates. The SYM
comes to fight he will be hard man to
down, as was proved by the Aberdeen con-
ventiOn.
So from this, we are to gain the
knowledge that there is an anti-admin-
iStratiOn party in Dakota in the Demo-
cratic party. Is there? Does this editor
of Grand Forks know what he is talk
ing about, and does he possess the i'll
formation that he proposes here to i'm
part? l don't know about that. He
may have and he may not have; and it
may be that |, being in the arbitrary
business myself. may be able to throw a
little light on this matter. There is no
doubt but to all who are interested in
Dakota politics it is question that they
would like to have solved. What are
ton and Mr.. Day?
WHAT MIR. DAY SAYS.
When Mr.. Day is interviewed he has
so far spoken in the highest terms of
Gov. Church and his administration. L
do not think that this statement can be
successfully refuted. There is no
instance on record to my knowledge
when Mr.. Day. in a newspaper inter
view, has spoken of the administration
otherwise than kindly. What, then,
does this talk about the rumpuS be-
tween these parties mean? 1t must
mean one of two things either that
there is no unfriendly feeling between
the administration and Mr.. Day-and
whoever syys that there is is falSifier-
or else that Mr.. Day, in his interviews,
is twO-faced and is a falSifier himself.
Which. one of these positions do the
enemies of the administration wish to
take? Let them take which horn of the
dilemma they will, and the other will
gore the life out of them. l mean just
what say here.
But some one may say: go, it's well
enough to talk, but what proof have
you that Mr.. Day has said publicly that
he
Is FRIENDLY TO THE ADMINISTRATIONS,
anu Mllt1 ulu HC Dl1llltlll OON.
Church's administration? Now in
the FIRST place, L will throw down a
challenge, and it is as follows: | will
challenge any man to show me the
first published interview with Mr.. Day
in which he has not expressed himself
as have stated above. No one can do
it, for Mr. Day has put himself on
record, time and again-and it is in no
feeble and contradictory way; it is
unanimous for the administration. To
show what Mr.. Days feelings are, and
to give those who may not be posted
in these matters an idea
of what these interviews / refer to are,
l give below an interview had with Mr..
Day in the city of Washington, the last
time he was there, and reported by one
of his best friends, who, of all persons,
ought to get Mr.. Day right-that well
known Dakota newspaper correspond
ent, John Smith," The interview was
given in the following language, to
which there can be no double meaning:
THE REPUBLICAN, GAME.
Some of my friends have been asking
such an interest in the Sage of Spring
field, Hon. M. III. Day, and it may be
that there are other people in the terri
tory who would like to know about this.
l think that | have been able to solve
the problem, and | did not find it very
difficult one, either. The Republicans
imagine that Mr.. Day is at war with the
administration, and so they think that
any aid they can render him will be so
much done toward damaging
the Democratic party. This is
most evidently the game that
they are playing. But our friends,
the Republicans, may be making mis-
take in lending their assistance to Mr..
Day. Mr.. Day is on record as friend
of Gov. Church, and, moreover, is said
to be very near the president; and it is
not well that such reports as the Re-
publicans are sending out broadcast
should be credited. There is vast
sight more harmony in the Democratic
party in Dakota, than the Republicans
would like to give it credit for. Of
course, it is fair for the Republicans,
in political warfare, to use every wit
and deception at their command; and
the Democrats are to be warned against
putting too much trust in their SpeciOuS
arguments and perSuasiOns. We want
to let them know, in the language of the
Western poet, THAT we are onto them"
IN THE SAME CONNECTION.
In this same connection | might re-
mark that it is now openly recognized
that Gov. Pierce is at outs with the ad-
Why is it? A few months
ago Pierce and Church were known to
be the best of friends, and Pierce could
say nothing too nice about Gov. Church
in his department in the Pioneer Press.
Now Pierce makes almost as Saucy re-
marks about the administration as
Mayor Edwards does, and that is saying
Ir hot
applicant for Office, like Edwards was,
and was, like him, let down. l under
stand that there was some truth in this,
and that Pierce was at one time a very
promising candidate for big territor-
ial office, but that, through nobody's
fault but his own, his fond ''hOpes were
nipped in the bud" But this is not the
reason why Pierce is bitter against the
administration, any more than it is the
reason why Maj. Edwards is not in a
happy state of mind when he thinks of
his treatment by Gov. Church. But
such little disappointmentS are apt to
make men sore and generally sour their
otherwise sweet dispositions. The rea-
son why Pierce is at present attacking
the administration is that he has found
out that he was making mistake in
being friendly with Democrats. Pierce
is vain man, and very
ANXIOUS FOR POLITICAL PREFERMENT.
He thinks that the only way he can at
tain these ends is by being opposed at
every point to Democratic government
in Dakota. This is the position he has
taken. He has arrayed himself sQuarely
with the Republicans, which, he thinks,
is his only hope. He is no longer a
mugwump as there were many charges
that he vas when he held Office under
President Cleveland. This is the whole